Alexandria, KY
Alexandria, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Alexandria's 3,924 buildings earn a 19th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Alexandria at the 20th percentile, close to its 19th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
73.1% of Alexandria's 3,924 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 2,867 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 25.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 1% are Minimal.
How Alexandria compares
Alexandria scores 19th nationally and 31st within Kentucky — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alexandria ranks 25,584 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,312 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 381 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Alexandria and the insurance market
Alexandria's low wildfire rating (19th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 73.1% of Alexandria in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Alexandria's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,924 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Alexandria. The exposure-zones guide covers what Alexandria's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.